Talk:Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland

Nearco - 1948 or 1949
I was working on the Nearco article and noticed a discrepancy over the years of his second leading sire title. The list in the Leading Sire article shows Nearco as the leader in 1947 and 1949, and the Nearco article used the same years in the infobox. However, when I was checking the sources tbheritage.com and highflyer.supanet.com, they both say 1947 and 1948. To further confuse me, the Nearco article also quotes Ahnert's book as saying Nearco was a three-time leading sire and second once. Another source says first twice and second twice Normally, I'd just assume the list had incorrect data and would fix it according to the sources, but I'm afraid there might be something else going on. Does anyone have access to primary sources? Jlvsclrk (talk) 08:46, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Not quite a primary source, but I have some reference books published in the mid-80s and one, Encyclopedia of Flat Racing, is usually authoratative. However it might make things worse. The list of champion sires in the book shows Nearco as champion in 1947 (£45,087) and 1948 (£41,541), while the article on him mentions him as champion sire twice. All looks OK so far. But - although the list gives Bois Roussel as the 1949 champion (£57,161) his article in the book says that he was "almost champion sire in 1949". Big Game is not listed and his article says he never fulfilled expectations as a sire so his presence as the 1948 champion on our list looks dubious. The two external links at the bottom of this article which you mention both accord with the list in my book. My only suggestion is that the lists online and in my source are all for "Champion sire in Britain & Ireland", the traditional format, and maybe other sources used have just been for Britain only. Probably worth going with it despite the doubt around Bois Roussel and making Nearco 1947 and 1948, Bois Roussel 1949. --Bcp67 (talk) 09:52, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

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